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'''Madame Berthe's mouse lemur''' ('''''Microcebus berthae''''') or '''Berthe's mouse lemur''' is the smallest of the [[mouse lemur]]s and the smallest [[primate]] in the world; the average body length is {{convert|9.2|cm|in|abbr=on}} and seasonal weight is around {{convert|30|g|oz|abbr=on}}.<ref>Gron KJ. (11 February 2009). Primate Factsheets: [http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/mouse_lemur/taxon Mouse lemur (''Microcebus'')] Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology . Accessed 2009 August</ref> ''Microcebus berthae'' is one of many species of Malagasy lemurs that came about through extensive [[speciation]], caused by unknown environmental mechanisms and conditions.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s10764-011-9521-z|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226534200| title = Distribution and Morphological Variation of ''Microcebus'' spp. Along an Environmental Gradient in Southeastern Madagascar| journal = International Journal of Primatology| volume = 32| issue = 5| pages = 1037| year = 2011| last1 = Rakotondranary | first1 = S. J. | last2 = Hapke | first2 = A. | last3 = Ganzhorn | first3 = J. R. U. |s2cid=23268852}}</ref>

'''Madame Berthe's mouse lemur''' (''Microcebus berthae'') or '''Berthe's mouse lemur''' is the smallest of the [[mouse lemur]]s and the smallest [[primate]] in the world; the average body length is {{convert|9.2|cm|in|abbr=on}} and seasonal weight is around {{convert|30|g|oz|abbr=on}}.<ref>Gron KJ. (11 February 2009). Primate Factsheets: [http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/mouse_lemur/taxon Mouse lemur (''Microcebus'')] Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology . Accessed 2009 August</ref> ''Microcebus berthae'' is one of many species of Malagasy lemurs that came about through extensive [[speciation]], caused by unknown environmental mechanisms and conditions.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s10764-011-9521-z|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226534200| title = Distribution and Morphological Variation of ''Microcebus'' spp. Along an Environmental Gradient in Southeastern Madagascar| journal = International Journal of Primatology| volume = 32| issue = 5| pages = 1037| year = 2011| last1 = Rakotondranary | first1 = S. J. | last2 = Hapke | first2 = A. | last3 = Ganzhorn | first3 = J. R. U. |s2cid=23268852}}</ref>



This primate is found chiefly in the [[Kirindy Forest]] in western [[Madagascar]].<ref name="Mittermeier">{{cite book | last = Mittermeier | first = R.A. | author-link = Russell Mittermeier | title = Lemurs of Madagascar | edition = 2nd | pages = 104–107 | publisher = Conservation International | year = 2006 | isbn=978-1-881173-88-5|display-authors=etal}}</ref> After its discovery in 1992 in the dry deciduous forest of western Madagascar, it was initially thought to represent a rediscovery of ''[[Microcebus myoxinus|M. myoxinus]]'', but comparative morphometric and genetic studies revealed its status as a new species, ''M. berthae''.<ref name="Dammhahn, Melanie 2008 pg473-483">{{Cite journal

This primate is found chiefly in the [[Kirindy Forest]] in western [[Madagascar]].<ref name="Mittermeier">{{cite book | last = Mittermeier | first = R.A. | author-link = Russell Mittermeier | title = Lemurs of Madagascar | edition = 2nd | pages = 104–107 | publisher = Conservation International | year = 2006 | isbn=978-1-881173-88-5|display-authors=etal}}</ref> After its discovery in 1992 in the dry deciduous forest of western Madagascar, it was initially thought to represent a rediscovery of ''[[Microcebus myoxinus|M. myoxinus]]'', but comparative morphometric and genetic studies revealed its status as a new species, ''M. berthae''.<ref name="Dammhahn, Melanie 2008 pg473-483">{{Cite journal

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